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Firefox is not trusty. Having your email and calendar on Google is not a risk as long as you sync them so if something happens to your accounts that you can mov

Firefox is not trusty. Having your email and calendar on Google is not a risk as long as you sync them so if something happens to your accounts that you can move them to another provider.

ashtonkem 5y ago
> Having your email and calendar on Google is not a risk as long as you sync them so if something happens to your accounts that you can move them to another provider. No, that’s not true. In the case where google shuts down your email, you will lose every email sent to that account after the shut down, and you’ll need to find everything and everyone that might send email to youraccount@gmail.com. This is why having a separate domain is super important, you could switch the MX records with minimal interruption.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  Yeah, I didn't say you shouldn't use your own custom domain I just said using Google for email isn't a huge issue. I suggest an anonymous email service for this reason while using a custom domain. Doesn't matter if they shutdown one email, you can just create a new one and change where the forwarding email in your relay.
shultays 5y ago
Having your email on Google is not a risk That is like the highest risk I can think of. Losing future emails that are sent to that email, losing all connected accounts, losing access to services/websites they decide to send a confirmation mail
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  That is why you should add a custom domain. You have the same lockout issue with Outlook, ProtonMail, or any email service where you don't own the domain.
  - shultays 5y ago
    I misunderstood you then, "having your mail on google and syncing them" sounds like you still have a @gmail.com but taking backups. Having your own domain is indeed the safest, I do that actually
  - pyrale 5y ago
    Yeah, the question is whether google makes sense as a mail provided once you've decided that you needed to pay because of that feature. If you're a company and don't want to manually handle email provisioning? Sure, why not. If you're an individual, Google isn't great. You could have a decent feature set along with great customer support elsewhere.
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      With an email addy relay like SinpeLogin you don't have to pay Google for that feature.

Firefox is not trusty. Having your email and calendar on Google is not a risk as long as you sync them so if something happens to your accounts that you can move them to another provider.

ashtonkem 5y ago

> Having your email and calendar on Google is not a risk as long as you sync them so if something happens to your accounts that you can move them to another provider. No, that’s not true. In the case where google shuts down your email, you will lose every email sent to that account after the shut down, and you’ll need to find everything and everyone that might send email to youraccount@gmail.com. This is why having a separate domain is super important, you could switch the MX records with minimal interruption.

encryptluks2 5y ago
Yeah, I didn't say you shouldn't use your own custom domain I just said using Google for email isn't a huge issue. I suggest an anonymous email service for this reason while using a custom domain. Doesn't matter if they shutdown one email, you can just create a new one and change where the forwarding email in your relay.

shultays 5y ago

Having your email on Google is not a risk That is like the highest risk I can think of. Losing future emails that are sent to that email, losing all connected accounts, losing access to services/websites they decide to send a confirmation mail

encryptluks2 5y ago
That is why you should add a custom domain. You have the same lockout issue with Outlook, ProtonMail, or any email service where you don't own the domain.
- shultays 5y ago
  I misunderstood you then, "having your mail on google and syncing them" sounds like you still have a @gmail.com but taking backups. Having your own domain is indeed the safest, I do that actually
- pyrale 5y ago
  Yeah, the question is whether google makes sense as a mail provided once you've decided that you needed to pay because of that feature. If you're a company and don't want to manually handle email provisioning? Sure, why not. If you're an individual, Google isn't great. You could have a decent feature set along with great customer support elsewhere.
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    With an email addy relay like SinpeLogin you don't have to pay Google for that feature.